Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Talkeetna Village Strip Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Talkeetna, Alaska 99676
Friday, July 12, 2013 22:00 AKD
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 12, 2013, about 2200 Alaska daylight time, an Aeronca 15AC, N1374H, veered off the left side of runway 34 during landing and struck trees at Talkeetna Village Strip Airport in Talkeetna, Alaska. The commercial pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight departed from Summit Airstrip near Cantwell, Alaska, about 2000.
According to the pilot, the airplane's right brake "went soft" during landing and was "ineffective," and the airplane ground looped to the left. Photographs and information provided by the Alaska State Troopers who responded to the scene showed that the airplane struck trees on the west side of the airstrip and sustained damage to the right wing.
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector observed the damaged airplane shortly after the accident; however, the airplane was subsequently disassembled and placed into storage before a detailed examination of the brake assembly could be performed.
The pilot stated that the flight was to be the airplane's last flight before permanent storage. The pilot reported that the airplane's most recent annual inspection was performed April 26, 2005.
Title 14 CFR 91.409 specifies that no person may operate an aircraft unless, within the preceding 12 calendar months, the aircraft has received an annual inspection and has been approved for return to service by a mechanic with an inspection authorization. Title 14 CFR Part 43, Appendix D, contains a general list of items to be checked during an annual inspection, which includes in section (e), the landing gear group, "all units -- for poor condition and insecurity of attachment," "hydraulic lines -- for leakage," and "brakes -- for improper adjustment."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/12/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2200 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | Talkeetna |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99676 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 621908N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1500658W |
| Event Location Airport | Talkeetna Village Strip |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | AK44 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 346 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1953 AKD |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 63 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PATK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 358 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | AKD |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 6000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.87 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 12 2014 7:07PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1374H |
| NTSB Number | ANC13LA065 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | AERONCA |
| Aircraft Model | 15AC |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15AC-423 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2050 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 3 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 26 2005 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 4485 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SCHWAB MAX CHARLES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | TALKEETNA |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99676 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | SCHWAB MAX CHARLES |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | TALKEETNA |
| Operator State | AK |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 99676 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | UMM |
| Departure City | SUMMIT |
| Departure State | AK |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 2000 |
| Departure Time Zone | AKD |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | AK44 |
| Destination City | Talkeetna |
| Destination State | AK |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 12 2014 7:07PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 34 |
| Runway Length | 1600 |
| Runway Width | 30 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |